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Bus collisions with pedestrians
Question No: 2016/2978
Caroline Pidgeon
Following your response to Question 2016/2485 do you not consider that since
collisions involving TfL Buses have increased every year since 2012 that identifying the Bus
Operating Company and Route Number of any TfL Bus involved in a collision reported on
twitter by @TfLTravelalerts and @TfLBusalerts would improve transparency and accountability
for these incidents?
Bus safety
Question No: 2016/2979
Caroline Pidgeon
Following up your response to my Question 2016/2487 on TfL's Bus Safety Programme, can
you clarify the following:
(a) What is the budget for this programme?
(b) Does the seconding of one professional from the Strategy and Outcome Planning's Road
Safety Team constitute the only staff for this Programme and for how long is this person being
seconded?
(c) Does the fact that TfL is not creating a team indicate its Bus Safety Programme is only a
temporary initiative?
(d) Two deliverables - (1) Publication of TfL Bus-only data (STATS19) and (2) Publication of
10 Year Bus Safety Trends (STATS19) - are scheduled for July and August. Where has this
information been published?
(e) The Sarah Hope Line is an incident support line for families of Bus Collision Victims. As
necessary and beneficial as this service is, how does it contribute to improving safety
performance?
Helicopter noise (1)
Question No: 2016/2980
Caroline Pidgeon
I welcome your reply to Question 2016/1964 on helicopter noise, especially relating to your
commitment to update London's Ambient Noise Strategy. However as the last strategy was
published back in March 2004 many people would now welcome a far more specific time
commitment than merely your statement that it will be updated 'in due course'. Are you now
willing to provide a precise deadline as to when London's Ambient Noise Strategy will finally be
updated?
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